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What will I do (first brood for me)? I may sell some, but the plan is to keep a few for egg production, and the rest for meat. I actually had a difficult time typing that last part. Dang it...

I have a Craigslist app on my smartphone that will notify me if a particular keyword is listed like, "Muscovy", "ducklings", "are the best", or something like that. (see what I did there?)

D'oh! I didn't pay enough attention to see that Miss Lydia was posting a pic of her duck for comparison...

Today is the 37th day (yesterday, I too heard the internal peeping), and out of 17 eggs it appears most - if not all - have hatched. They won't be still enough when she steps off the nest, to count.

Today from a clutch of 17 eggs (they won't be still enough for me to count...)

She finally got up.

My experience is the same - this is the first clutch for both by ducks. I separated them once the first started laying, and once they both started sitting (about 3 weeks apart) they became very aggressive towards each other.

I would suggest not leaving food in the coop at night (for a multitude of reasons), and placing the food and water in a secure area away from the coop and deck to encourage them to spend time elsewhere. I feed mine in the AM and just before dusk, and occasional snacks (fresh cut grass/greens or...

As far as I know, caruncles on ducks are only found on Muscovies.

Thanks Speceider! Here is a great article that supports this: http://metzerfarms.blogspot.com/2011/11/can-medicated-feed-be-used-for.html

By 'hen' do you mean duck? I think you are going to have a difficult time introducing any drake around the ducklings, but I am interested in knowing how others would handle it.

If being fed to ducklings, absolutely does matter if it's medicated!

Have you looked into local classifieds? I have had some success finding ducks on Craigslist (takes patience though).

I stand corrected! It must have been a full grown eagle pullet that took Critters' two muscovy ducks! If one can carry a hobbit, then it is easily the handle 15 -18lbs of ducks. (Can someone guess the weight of the hobbit? Apparently, there are a few carnival workers on this thread that are good...

Not according to this: http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle3.html Or this: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=343 Or this: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/eagle.aspx Or this...